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  • 3.00 Credits

    Practices and problems of public fiscal management with special attention to budgetary concepts and analytical techniques: the budget as an instrument of planning and control; organizing to ensure fiscal accountability; the public economy; financial decision-making; planning, programming, and budgeting systems; and allocation of scarce government resources in government and nonprofit agencies and programs. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: PNH 520 or PNH 630 (may be taken concurrently). Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: PNH 520 or PNH 630 (may be taken concurrently).
  • 3.00 Credits

    An exploration of theories advanced to explain policy formation; examination of how needs are identified, communicated to policymakers, evaluated and converted into formal policy, and implemented by administrative actions. Emphasis is on policy analysis in the public sector. Offered winter semester. Prerequisites: PNH 520 or PNH 630; and PNH 611. Prerequisite:    Prerequisites: PNH 520 or PNH 630; and PNH 611.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines the structure and dynamics of organizations; problems of financing, staffing, and program implementation; administrative reform and reorganization; qualitative and quantitative methods for managerial decision-making; goal-directed processes and effective planning. Uses a case study approach emphasizing management problems. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours in M.P.A. or M.H.A. program. Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours in M.P.A. or M.H.A. program.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines theories and practice of metropolitan politics and administration, including studies of intergovernmental relations, suburbia and the multicentered metropolis, economic development and managing metropolitan services. Structures of politics and power, both formal and informal, are investigated. Offered spring/summer and fall semesters. Prerequisite: PNH 520 (may be taken concurrently). Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: PNH 520 (may be taken concurrently).
  • 3.00 Credits

    An intensive study of administrative and regulatory law as it relates to the public sector. Requirements for, and limits on, the exercise of power by elected and appointed officials and liability of public managers are covered. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: PNH 520 or PNH 630 (may be taken concurrently). Prerequisite:    Prerequisites: PNH 520 or PNH 630 (may be taken concurrently).
  • 3.00 Credits

    Overview of the current management, organization, and delivery of U.S. health care. Current management and organization theories are compared in relation to the health care system. Major system components are defined and studied. Included are discussions of staffing, dealing with internal and external constituencies, and identification of hospital types. Offered every other year.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines public policymaking in the health care sector since 1900. Emphasizes policy, the process of government regulation, and the character of health settings at the federal, state, and local levels with attention to the constitutional foundations, legislative policies, and bureaucratic implementation features of the system in a political context. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: PNH 520 or PNH 630 (may be taken concurrently). Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: PNH 520 or PNH 630 (may be taken concurrently).
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides detailed understanding of the health services financial framework for decision-making. Microcomputer applications that serve to facilitate operational and financial planning and analysis, third party reimbursement, regulation, cost containment, rate settings, operating budgets, capital budgets, project budgeting, cash budgeting, and financial feasibility. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: PNH 611. Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: PNH 611.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines the principles and application of economic analysis in the health industry. Provides insights offered by economic analysis of relevant data specific to health issues and problems such as failures of the market system, large gaps in access, cost containment, regulation, and extensive growth of private insurance and government programs. Cross-listed with ECO 643. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: PNH 520 or PNH 630 (may be taken concurrently). Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: PNH 520 or PNH 630 (may be taken concurrently).
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines current and historical legal and ethical issues impacting health administration, including malpractice and other liability issues, licensing and regulation, professional ethics, contracts and property, insurance, corporate, taxation, anti-trust, fraud and abuse, medical staff, confidentiality, health care access, peer review, ethics committees, legal and ethical aspects of patient care decision-making and consent. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: PNH 520 or PNH 630 (may be taken concurrently). Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: PNH 520 or PNH 630 (may be taken concurrently).
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